فغر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of opening, particularly the mouth, and by extension, wide openings or expanses. It also extends to specific natural phenomena, places, and even a historical figure's epithet.

Derived headwords

فَغَرَverb

1.
to open (mouth)both
To open one's mouth wide.

أَفْغَرَverb

1.
to make open (mouth)both
To cause someone to open their mouth wide.

انْفَغَرَverb

1.
to be openedboth
To be opened, referring to a mouth or a wide opening.

فَغْرnoun

1.
opening (of mouth)both
The act or state of the mouth being open.
2.
roseclassical
The rose flower when it opens.

مِفْغَرَةnoun

1.
wide landclassical
A vast, open expanse of land.
2.
opening in mountainclassical
A wide gap or opening in a mountain, less than a cave.

فَغَارname

1.
epithetclassical
An epithet or nickname for Hubayrah ibn al-Nu'man, a Persian horseman.

فَاغِرnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small animal or creature.
2.
fragrant plantclassical
A plant known for its fragrance, possibly referring to the Kababah spice.
3.
water lily rootsclassical
The roots of the water lily plant.

فَغْرَىother

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a city or region.

الفَغْرَةnoun

1.
mouth of valleyboth
The opening or entrance of a valley.

فَغَارadjective

1.
piercingclassical
Describing a wound that is deep and piercing, going through.

Parallel reading

فَغَرَ فاهُ، كَمَنَعَ وَنَصَرَ: فَتَحَهُ

He opened his mouth, like 'man'a' and 'nasara': he opened it.

كَأَفْغَرَهُ فَفَغَرَ فُوهُ

He made him open it, so his mouth opened.

وَانْفَغَرَ: انْفَتَحَ

And it was opened: it became open.

وَالفَغْرُ: الوَرْدُ إِذَا فُتِحَ

And 'al-faghr': the rose when it opens.

وَالمِفْغَرَةُ: الأَرْضُ الوَاسِعَةُ

And 'al-mifgharah': the wide land.

وَالفَجْوَةُ فِي الجَبَلِ دُونَ الكَهْفِ

And the gap in the mountain, short of a cave.

وَالفَغَارُ، كَشَدَّادٍ أَوْ غُرَابٍ: لَقَبُ هُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ فَارِسٌ

And 'al-faghar', like 'shaddad' or 'ghurab': the epithet of Hubayrah ibn al-Nu'man, a horseman.

وَالفَاغِرُ: دُوَيْبَّةٌ، وَبِهَا طِيبٌ، أَوْ الكَبَابَةُ، أَوْ أُصُولُ النَّيْلُوفَرِ

And 'al-faghir': a small creature, and in it is fragrance, or the Kababah spice, or the roots of the water lily.

وَلَدٌ بِالفَغْرَةِ، أَيْ: عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ طُلُوعِ الثُّرَيَّا

A child born at 'al-Faghr'ah', meaning: at the first rising of the Pleiades.

وَهُوَ وَاسِعٌ فَغْرَ الفَمِ، أَيْ: بَابَهُ

And he is wide, 'faghr al-fam', meaning: its gate.

وَالفَغْرَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: فَمُ الوَادِي ج: كَصُرَدٍ

And 'al-faghr'ah', with dammah: the mouth of the valley, plural like 'surad'.

وَطَعْنَةٌ فَغَارٌ، كَقَطَامٍ: نَافِذَةٌ

And a 'faghar' wound, like 'qattam': piercing.